1st Edition
On Psychological Language and the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature
By Graham Richards
Copyright 1989
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1989, On Psychological Language and the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature was written to provide a new and controversial analysis of the nature of psychological language.
The book argues that psychological concepts of all kinds are ultimately derived from concepts about the external world, so that ‘human nature’ is nothing more than ‘internalized Nature’. It draws... Read more
Preface; Introduction: The Anthropomorphic Illusion; Chapter 1: The 'Physiomorphic Theory' of Psychological Language; Chapter 2: Persons, Objects, and Signals; Chapter 3: Everyday Psychological Language; Chapter 4: Physiomorphism and the History of Psychology; Chapter 5: Physiomorphism in Human Evolution; Chapter 6: Epilogue: the Imploding Ape; Appendix A: Etymological Sources of 71 Apparently Non-Figurative English PL Words; Appendix B: Note on the Status of the Physiomorphic Theory; Appendix C: Note on Stone Tools; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index
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Graham Richards
